Farm Supply Store · Illinois

RK-040-Benton ( RK-040 )

Benton, IL · ~51 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

RK-040-Benton ( RK-040 ) runs at 409% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Farm Supply Store workplace, earning a grade F.

RK-040-Benton ( RK-040 ): 13.9 TCR = 409% of Farm Supply Store BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RK-040-Benton ( RK-040 ) safety composite

RK-040-Benton ( RK-040 ) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

RK-040-Benton ( RK-040 ): 0.0 → 9.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 22.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2023

RK-040-Benton ( RK-040 )'s TCR rose 9.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 9.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 22.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444220 · Benton, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.9 · 409% of ind

  • DART 9.0 DART
  • RANK #50/55
  • PHOTO Meadows Farms- Richm…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Meadows Farms- Richmond, VA (0.0 TCR gap)

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RK-040-Benton ( RK-040 ) in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows RK-040-Benton ( RK-040 ) averages 13.9 TCR (409% of the Farm Supply Store BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

RK-040-Benton ( RK-040 ) TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=17.2 · 2020=21.2 · 2022=22.2 · 2023=9 · BLS 3.4

Where RK-040-Benton ( RK-040 ) falls in its industry

642 Farm Supply Store establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #50 safest of 55 Farm Supply Store employers in Illinois.

RK-040-Benton ( RK-040 ) (51 employees, TCR 13.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate RK-040-Benton ( RK-040 )
RK-040-Benton ( RK-040 ) (51 employees, TCR 13.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9

RK-040-Benton ( RK-040 ) has more employees than the Farm Supply Store median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2023 9.0 9.0 3 0 0
2022 22.2 13.9 8 0 0
2020 21.2 5.3 8 0 0
2019 17.2 12.3 7 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444220 · IL · Benton

642 Farm Supply Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 22 employers in Benton, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Meadows Farms- Richmond, VA 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR STUDLEY FLOWER GARDENS, INC 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern States Winchester Coop. 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern States West Broad Street Service 14.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Larch Farm 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE CDG 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prince Minerals LLC - QUI 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Quincy 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 262 300 FTE
CITY-NEAR 262 293 FTE
CITY-NEAR Benton Rehab and Health Care Center 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rend Lake Conservancy District 76 FTE
NAT-TCR Central Transport - 305 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Street Maintenance 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 437166-Pvd-Johnston Br 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Idmcl - Mc Call Center 13.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE RK-042-Frankfort ( RK-042 ) 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE RK-061-Xenia ( RK-061 ) 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE RK-009-Princeton ( RK-009 ) 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE GV 51 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.